Improved flat-iron holder



UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l UGUERLCK NV. BllOCKSlEPER, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVE-D FLAT-IRON HOLDER.

Specilieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,58 l, datedDecember' 27, .1S-64; z xnt-edated July 1U, 1862.

To (IIL. n-hofm it may concern:

Be it known that l, FEEDER'rcK W. BROCK- sIEPEn., ot' New Britain,countwy oi" Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Handles or Hoders for Sad-Irons, &c. and.l do hereby` declare that the saline'is'd eseri hed and represented inthe tollowing,speciiication and drawings, and to enable others skilledin the art to make and use, the same, l will proceed to describe itsconstructionainl operation, referring to the drawing, in which the saineletters indicate like parts.

ln the accompanying drawingis shown one of'iny improved handles orholders, it. being turned in the usual way into the proper ordesirableshape, and also eut or made longitudinally into two or more parts, au,l(it is believed that the formation thereof in two parts will be thecheapest and best,) the inside of which are hollowed or milled out inthe de sired shape., and the two parts a a are secured together by a.spring hinge or strap, d. d, or by other mechanical equivalents, so thatthe person using it-can hold it in the hand and readily apply it to thesad iron or other article which it may be desirable to irse it for, and

acts as a partial nonconductor of heat.

By the use ot' this improvement I am ena-bled to do away with the use o'the common ragholder, which is always liable to take lire and burn thehand ofthe user and do various other mischief), and to substitute aneat, convenient, and desirable artiele therefor, not liable to taketire, and is always read y and convenient for use.

l have endeavored brietly, nYet clearly, t show the nature,construction, and operation of my improvement to enable a. 'personskilled to make the saine, and also believe its advantanue will be fullyunderstood therefrom.

What I claim, therefore,l and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture-viz., a

handle or holder, made longitudinally in two or more parts, al a.. andsecuredtogether by spring-hinge d d or other mechanical equivalents, toact as a partial non conductor ot' hea-t, substantially in the manner asand for the purpose described.

witnesses: E. w. nocnsinPEE.-

l?. A. CFE-AUT, CHARLES. PAP.

